It might be awhile before LeGarrette Blount or rookie Doug Martin is declared the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ starting tailback.

Coach Greg Schiano doesn’t see any urgency on that front.

Developing a running game is a top priority for the new head coach of a team that ran the ball fewer than 22 times per game last season, the least of any NFL team.

The Bucs traded into the first round to draft Martin, a quick and compact running back out of Boise State. That sent a message to Blount, who came to camp with his job on the line after losing five fumbles last season and experiencing a big dropoff from his 1,007-yard performance of 2010.

Schiano sent a message in the spring about the kind of offense he intends to run, first by drafting Martin and then by signing All-Pro guard Carl Nicks to a five-year contract. To the coach, establishing the ground game is a higher priority than deciding who will carry the football.

Friday, the Bucs beat the Miami Dolphins, 20-7.